At 12:54 AM 11/25/2002 +0000, Mark Tiller wrote: > >I know that they are Space opera, but as a kid I really enjoyed the >books by E.E. 'Doc' Smith, the "Lensman" & "Skylark" series >particularly. Try your local library, you may find them there. You're using "space opera" as if it were something one needs to apologize for liking. Humph.